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No. 59,968. Patented Nov. 27, 18 66.

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PORTABLE FIRE GRATE AND ANDIRONS.

SPECIFICATION.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. COATE, of West Milton, Miami county, andState of Ohio, have invented a new i and improved Portable Combined FireGrateand Andirons and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilledinthe art to make and use the same, rcfer ence being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my combined fire grat andandirons, 'takeirthrough the line an 2:, fig. 2. I i i i Figure 2 is avertical cross-section of the same, taken through the line y y, fig. 1.

Figure 3 is avertical longitudinal section of the same when arranged forburniug wood, t aken through the line 2 z, fig. 4.

Figure 4 is a vertical cross-section of the same, taken through the line11; w, fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention has for its object to .furnish a grate which may beadjusted to'radiate more or less heat into the room, and which may bearranged for burning wood, coa'l, chips, or corn-cobs, &c., as may bedesired. And

it consists of a fire grate and andirons formed by combining the frontfoot and'side bars, which form the andirons,

with the back plate, the side grates, and the horizontal bars,.the wholebeing constructed and arranged as hereinafter more fully described.

A and B are the side bars, 'orandirons of the grate. The rear ends ofthese bars are curved down so as to form feet which rest upon the hearthin the back part of the fire-place, and they are kept'in their properrelative position by the rear cross-bar G. The front ends of the bars, Aand B, are connected by the cross-barF, to the lower side of which isattached the foot, E, which supports the forward end of the grate, asshown in figs.

1 and 3. D is a bar made in the same general form as the bars A and B,and its rear end is attachedto the. cross-bar G, as shown in fig.1. Thebar D is made in two parts, cl and d, the ends of which overlap eachother, ,j and are secured to the grate-bar G, as shown in fig. 1.The'forward end of the part, dfiislsecured to the front cross-bar, F.The ends of the grate bars, G, H, and I, rest in notches formed in theside bars, A and B, and their central parts rest upon the central bar,I). J and K are the side grates formed of the vertical bars, j and k andthe top bars, j and k The lower ends of the yertical bars, j and kl,rest upon the upper sideof they side bars, A and B, and are kept frombeing pressed outward by the flanges, a and 6, formed upon the saidbars, A and B, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, and their upper ends aresecured to the top bars, j and k The forward ends of the top bars, j andk are bolted to the forward parts of the side bars, A and as shown infig. 1, and 1 their rear ends enter and work in holes formed in the backplate, L. The lower edge of. the back plate, L, is

pivoted to the rear ends of the side bars, A and B, as shown in figs. 1and 3, and its upper edge rests against the back of the fire-place. Thefront surface of the back plate, L, is ribbed vertically, as shown infigs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, to prevent the fueli rom coming in such closecontact with the said plate as toimpede the draught. I are grate-bars,the ends of which rest in notches formed in the upper sidesof thesidebars, A and B, andtheir central parts are supported by the bar D, asshown in figs. 1 and 2. For burning coal, chips, corn-cobs, &c., thegrate should be used in the form represented in figs. 1 and 2. But forburning wood, the side grates J and K,

the bars 1, and the part, 11, of the bar D, may be removed and the grateused in theform represented in figs. 3 i i and 4. In using the grate itis set in the back part of the fire-place, and if it is desired thatmore heat should 1 be radiated through the room, it may be drawn out asfar as the draught of the chimney will allow.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Thecombination of the back plate L, the side bars A and B, foot E,cross-barsF G G, and part, at, of

the bar D with each other, substantially as described, and for thepurpose set forth.

2. The combination of the side grates J and K, cross-bars I and barDwith the back plate L, side barsA and B, foot E, and cross-bars F H G C,substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN H. COA'IE,

Witnesses:

JOHN H. MITCHELL, HARRISON GALE.

